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WARD DARLEY, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE O. DEWEY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,403, dated April I6, 190i.'

Application led August 7, 1900. Serial No. 26,191. (No model.) i

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Be it known that I, WARD DARLEY, a citivZ'en'of the United States of America, residing into which the coin is dropped and through which it passes to the operative position.

My object is to provide a device of this class whose channel may be kept free for the passage of the coin; and to this end the chute is provided with a movable part arranged to be opened by an actuating device whereby the channel of the chute may be cleared of any material that obstructs it preparatory to the introduction of the coin.

The invention will now be described in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an ernbodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a section taken through the casing to which my improved coin-chute is applied, the chute being shown in front elevation. Fig. 2 is a section taken through the casing at right angles to the section in Fig. l, the parts being viewed from a point at the left of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View in detail of the coin chute viewed from the rear of Fig. l or from a point at the left of Fig. 2, the hinged part of the chute being raised sufficiently high to disclose its inner surface and the plate forming the rear part of the coin-receptacle at the bottom of the chute being removed.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate a suitable casing to which the main part 6 of the chute is secured by means of screws 7. One of these screws is passed through a slot 6C, formed in an angle part 6, belonging to an `arm 6 of the chute part 6. The other screw 7 is passed through an opening formed in a iiange 6,

formed on the part 6j, comprising one of the h sides of the coin rest or receptacle at the bottom of the chute. The opposite side of the coin-rest consists of a plate 8, adapted to be secured to the plate 6j by screws 9 passL ing through registering apertures S and 6k, formed in the respective parts.

The movable part l0 is hinged on the part 6 by a pin l2 passing through registering apertures formed in ears, with which the upper portions of the two parts are provided. The hinged part 10 is provided with side iianges 10a, which engage the part 6 and form a channel for the coin. The latter after passing by gravity through the channel of the chute rests on a lug 6In on the lower extremity of the part 6. The coin also when in this portion of the rest engages a device 13a, attached to a dog 13, fulcrumed on the casing by means of a bolt 14. This dog normally locks the operating mechanism (not shown) against movement. The locking position of the dog is shown in full lines in Fig. 1. When the coin is in the position of rest, as aforesaid, the dog 13 is actuated to release the mechanism by pressing downwardly on a rod 15, which, as shown on the drawings, passes through an opening in the top of the casing and a guide-lug 6s, formed on the lower portion of the part 6. The upper extremity of Vthis rod projects above the casing, while its lower extremity normally occupies a position in the coin-rest just above the coin, the plate 8 being provided with an outward swell or bend Si* for the purpose. The rod is also surrounded by a coil-spring 16, whose lower extremity rests upon the guide-lug 6s, while its upper extremity engages a suitable stop on the rod. By pressing downwardly on the rod the coin will be forced against the part 13a IOO side of the chute is open.

whereby the said projection is adjustable to regulate the movement imparted to the hinged part of the chute. Vthenever the plunger-rod is pushed downwardly, as heretofore explained, the projection 17 engages the hinged part 10 above the hinge-pin 12 and throws the said part outwardly to the dotted-line position in Fig. 2. This outward movement of the said part is sufficient to release an obstruction of any kind which may be'introduced at the mouth of the chute, the said mouth being necessarily exposed to receive lthe coin. Hence preparatory to inserting the coin the rod should beV depressed in order to open the part l() to allow anything that may obstruct the channel of the chute to drop out. The rod is then released and returned by the spring to its normal position. The coin is then inserted and passes through an unobstructed channel of the chute. The coin after it passes through the main portion of the channel drops upon the ledge 10 at the bottom of the chute part l0 and rolls downwardly into the coin-rest,since the ledge is `downwardly inclined in the direction of the rib 6. y

The chute is adjusted to occupy such a position that the part lO of the chute will normally remain closed by gravity. The position of the chtite with reference to the closing of the part 10 may be regulated by loosening the screws 7, whereby the chute maybe turned on the lower screw, while the slot 6c, in Vwhich the upper screw is inserted, will permit the necessary movement for the purpose stated.

On machines equipped with my improved device instructions will be given whereby a person wishing to use the machine will press the operating-rod prior to inserting the coin,

for reasons which will be obvious from the foregoing description.

Myimproved device has been designed with special reference to use in connection with street bicycle-pumps which are now in common use, though it is evident that it may be used with all machines in which it is desired to insert a coin previous to use. Y

It will be observed that the coin-restof the chute is located at an angle to the body thereof and closed on both sides when the hinged i By reason of the location of the coin-rest it becomes practically impossible for foreign substances insertedat the exposed mouth of the chute to iind lodgment in the coin-rest. Furthermore, the peculiar location of the coin-rest-that is to say, at an angle to the body of the chuteprevents one coin from falling directly on top `of the other. When one coin is allowed to fall directly on top of the other, the upper coin is liable to be forced by the coin-ejecting rod to one side of the lowermost coin. In this event the two coins may close the discharge-openingof the chute and render it impossible to eject them by the use of the rod.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim isl. The combination with a casing, of a coinchute located therein and provided with a hinged side normally held in the closed position by gravity, the upper extremity of the hinged side projecting above the hingingpoint, and a spring-supported rod mounted on the casing and provided with a projection adapted to engage the extremity of the hinged part above the aXis of the hinge, whereby the said part is opened as the rod is actuated.

2. The combination with 'a casing and a dog normally arranged to lock suitable mechanism inclosed bythe casing, of a coin-chute having a hinged partnormally closed, anda device arranged to thrust the coin against a dog whereby the latter is` unlocked, the same device having an adjustable vprojection arrangedlto open the hinged portion yof the coinchute as the device Ais actuated.

3. The combination with a casing, of a'coinchute located therein and having'a month'exposed for the insertion of a coin, `ach`annel through which the coinpasses, and a coinrest at the extremity of the channel, 4one "part of the chute being hinged to Vthe other Vpart which is relatively stationary, and a springsupported rod mounted on the casing and adapted to enterthe 4coin-rest, the said rod beingprovided with an adjustable projection adapted to engage and open the hinged part of the chute as the rod is actuated.

. 4C. The combination with a casing, of a coinychute located therein and yprovided with a hinged side normally held in the closed position by gravity,aSpring-supported rod'iounted on the casing, and a yproj't-:ction on the rod arranged to open the hinged part ofthe chute as the rod is actuated,'the said'projection having a threaded shank engaging a threaded opening formedin the rod, to permit adjustment, whereby the degree of vmovi-:ement imparted to the hinged part may be regulated at win. y

. 5. The combination with a casing, of a coinchute located therein and provided with a hinged side normally lheld in the closedposition'by gravity,a spri ng-su pportedrod' mounted on the casing, and a projectionadjustably mounted on said rod and arranged to openthe hinged part of the chute as the rodis actuated.

6. The combination with 'a casing, of a4 coinchute located therein and provided lwith a hinged side, the body of the chute being adjustably mounted on the casing, and a springsupported rod having aprojection'adapted to engage the hinged part of the chute whereby as the rod is depressed, the said hinged'part is operated forthe purpose set forth. l

7. A coin-chute provided with ahinged side, and a coin-'rest connected with the lower eX- IOO IIO

tremity of the body of the chute but independent of the hinged side, whereby the coin may be retained in the coin-rest when the hinged side is open.

8. A coin-chute provided with a body portion having a hinged side, and a coin-rest oonnected with the lower extremity of the body of the chute, the coin-rest being independent of the hinged side and closed on both sides whereby the coin may be retained in position to performits function, when the hinged side of the body of the chute is open.

9. A coin-chute provided with a hinged side, and a coin-rest connected with the lower extremity of the body of the ehute and extending therefrom substantially at right angles, the coin-rest being independent of the hinged side whereby the coin may be retained therein when the hinged side is open.

10. The combination with a casing, and a spring-supported, coin-ejecting rod mounted thereon, of a coin-chute having a hinged side, said side projecting above the hinging-point, the said upward projection being slotted, and a projection having a threaded shank engaging a threaded opening formed in the coinejecting rod, said projection engaging the slotted upward extremity of the hinged side of the chute, the arrangement being such that as the rod is forced downwardly the projection acts on the upper extremity of the hinged side and opens the said side below the hinging-point.

l1. The combination with a casing,of a coinchute pivotally mounted on the casing, and provided with a slotted projection,` anda fastening device passing through said slot and normally holding the chute in the adjusted position, the arrangement being such that by loosening said fastening device,the Chute may be adjusted, one side of the chute being hinged and normally held in the closed position by gravity.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WARD DARLEY.

Witnesses :4

A. J. OBRIEN, PYRL VAN WINKLE. 

